The Apple version will be better but will have a white bezel and cost 3x more. It will also only have one knob instead of two and when you shake it Steve Jobs will personally murder you.
Kinda stupid isn't it?
I mean, the only value I can imagine for the original Etch a Sketch nowadays is for people who had it as kids (me, for instance) - nostalgic value - and for artists who can do unbelievable stuff with it considering how limited the knobs are - artistic value.
Now, unless that Freestyle thing, besides being very ugly (for today's standards), is also dirty cheap, it's kinda pointless. #etchasketch
If you think that's cheating, the challenging aspect of this one is drawing something solely consistent of perfect horizontal and vertical lines, making it the exact opposite of the original. #etchasketch
@matt_mcmhn: Between the lack of it actually working and it being called "i-sketch" it is an unfortunate two strikes. That is not to say it is "out", it is just in a sketchy situation. On my just made up on the spot scale of "would purchase for non-iPhone owners only to piss them off" to "must acquire before being being served as the main course at a cannibalism convention", it is probably closer to the former than latter, unfortunately.
Indeed. In my neighborhood, we're going on 45 years now of ever-spiraling gang warfare, with the inner radius Hypotrochoids drawn in deadly turf battles against the outer radius Epitrochoids.
Talks to unify all gangs as HasBro's have only gone in circles.
(Sorry it took me so long, GitEm, I was asleep at the wheel.)
(And by wheel *clears throat* I do not mean Apple's fabled new product.)
@FooSchnickens: Good catch. I missed that the first time. I'm sure lots of other people caught it. As soon as you said that, I knew who wrote this article: Jesus Diaz. I scrolled to the top and sure enough his name.
I wish we could all chip in and buy him a proof reader. Does he not have any friends that would be willing to proof his articles?
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The Apple version will be better but will have a white bezel and cost 3x more. It will also only have one knob instead of two and when you shake it Steve Jobs will personally murder you.
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I mean, the only value I can imagine for the original Etch a Sketch nowadays is for people who had it as kids (me, for instance) - nostalgic value - and for artists who can do unbelievable stuff with it considering how limited the knobs are - artistic value.
Now, unless that Freestyle thing, besides being very ugly (for today's standards), is also dirty cheap, it's kinda pointless. #etchasketch
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This one of his meds???
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Indeed. In my neighborhood, we're going on 45 years now of ever-spiraling gang warfare, with the inner radius Hypotrochoids drawn in deadly turf battles against the outer radius Epitrochoids.
Talks to unify all gangs as HasBro's have only gone in circles.
(Sorry it took me so long, GitEm, I was asleep at the wheel.)
(And by wheel *clears throat* I do not mean Apple's fabled new product.)
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Jebus.. #sketch3d
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I wish we could all chip in and buy him a proof reader. Does he not have any friends that would be willing to proof his articles?